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| 12559. JAPAN'S LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Concise fact-filled summary of various theories for the dominance of the Liberal democratic Party from the 1950's to the 1990's. Examines and discusses history and formation of this conservative "party of government," over-representation of rural areas, the LDP-farmer connection, the LDP-big business connection, weakness of the opponents, role of factions, and the theory that the LDP was really 3 different parties at different times, finds that all these contributed to LDP dominance. 6p., 15 notes in text, 3b. |
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